NC Senate District 18
State Senate District 18; North Carolina
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 68 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 210,319 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(10,730,404 ÷ 210,319) ÷ ln(50,000) = 68.17, measured against a statewide vote in NC (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Libertarian · declared
Brad Hessel founded the knowledge-management consultancy Intelledgement in 1999 and has lived in Raleigh since 1992. He was treasurer of the Wake County Libertarian Party and executive director of the Libertarian Party of North Carolina, and holds a Brown University degree.
Republican · declared
Chris Stock is a Wake Forest attorney and lobbyist who runs a solo practice and was in-house general counsel for a government-affairs firm. He earlier worked as a legislative aide in the North Carolina General Assembly and graduated from NC State.
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Haseeb Fatmi is a labor and employment attorney, of counsel at Ogletree Deakins in Raleigh, elected to the Wake Forest Board of Commissioners in 2025 and appointed to the North Carolina Senate in May 2026. He holds degrees from UNC-Chapel Hill and Fordham.
Sources: wral.com · ballotpedia.org